About the Show

February House, the new musical inspired by a real life artistic commune that fostered some of America’s greatest talents, is beginning previews at off-Broadway’s Public Theater on May 8. Davis McCallum directs the piece, which features music and lyrics by Gabriel Kahane and a book by Seth Bockley. Opening night is set for May 22.

In 1940s New York, visionary and flamboyant editor George Davis transformed a dilapidated Brooklyn boarding house into a bohemian commune for artistic icons like Carson McCullers, Benjamin Britten, W.H. Auden and Gypsy Rose Lee. The residents of 7 Middagh Street create a tumultuous and remarkable makeshift family searching for love, inspiration, and refuge from the looming war in Europe.